I (for obvious reasons) am a great believer in hiring professional facilitation services to run workshops and meetings. But that is not always possible. If you are running your workshop in-house, there are some key things to get right to make the time and energy invested by everyone worthwhile.My top ten tips are:1. Have a clear, written-down plan, but be prepared to be flexible2. Set up a “task” that everyone can work towards (people love a challenge)3. Create a “parking lot” where thoughts not completely relevant can be captured4. Establish and enforce rules on how to be to get the most of the session5. Gather everyone’s expectations from the session6. Start with an energiser to break to ice, even when everyone knows each other.7. Don’t be afraid to “be in charge”, even if there are more senior people in the room8. Let the real boss speak last so as not to influence the other attendees9. Break up the session with big and small group activities – keep the energy moving10.End with an Action PlanFor more detail on each of these, check out my website